Cinder-guard.



No. 690,309. A Patented Dec. 3|, |901, S. F. B. MDRSE & S. R. TUGGLE.

CINDER GUARD.

(Application filed Aug. 20, 1900.)

(No Model.)

illl i IIMVT 1 Il C III UNITED STATES PATENT OEECE.

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE AND SAMUEL RITOHIE TUGGLE, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

ClNDER-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 690,309, dated December 31, 1901. Application filed August 20, 1900l Serial No. 27,463. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL FINLEY BREEsE MORSE and SAMUEL Rrrcmn TUG- GLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Oinder-Gruard,` of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cinder-guards,and the present improvement contemplates a device of this character adapted for application to the panels between car-windows and capable of being easily reversed to change the position thereof in accordance with the movement of a car in opposite directions, the entire device being readily attachable and detachable to and from a car-panel and having structural deflecting features which materially augment the efliciency of the guard in preventing cinders and other products of combustion from entering a car-window and permit the unrestricted ventilation of a car without the liability of soiling the apparel of pas- (sengers and the inconvenience of flying ciners.

The invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and general organization of the several instrumentalities contributing to the general effectiveness of the guard, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed and subject to substitution of wellknown equivalents and changes in the form, size, prop0rtions,and minor details within the purview of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a'portion of a passenger coach or car, showing the improved guard applied thereto in operative position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the improved guard. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. et is a horizontal section showing the guard proper adjusted in operative angular position. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the improved device. Figs; 6 and '7 are detail views of hanging devices for the improved guard which are respectively secured to the panel and the guard.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l designates the support or frame constructed of sheet metal or other suitable material and having a central concave recess 2, extending vertically full length thereof, and opposite side ledges 3, projecting outwardly and inclined toward each other to form deflecting-faces, which also extend the full vertical length of the device. Secured to the top and bottom of the support or frame are cap and foot plates 4 and 5 of triangular shape, having their apices or reduced portions extending equally outward beyond the front of the support or frame and the plane of their outer edges 6 coinciding'with the planes of the ledges 3. The back or inner edges 7 of the cap and foot plates are formed with opposite curved recesses 8 to fitV over'the usual moldings at opposite sides of a car-panel at the outer side edge portions of the window-frames or structures, the faces of the panels standing within the plane of the outer extent of the said moldings or beadings on eachl side and at the bottom and top of said panels to thereby form recesses, and the intermediate portions of the edges 7 enter the latter recesses thus formed to provide a snug inclosure between the two plates 4 and 5, to prevent entrance of cinders or products of combustion within the inclosure and injury to the surface of the panel and also to afford convenient and effective means for hanging the improved device in a convenient manner to facilitate attachment and removal thereof and also produce a stable application to resist any tendency to accidental disengagement of the same. To provide inclosuresIat the inner portions of the ledges 3, the inner portions of the latter are extended inwardly in straight planes, as at 9, to embrace the said moldings or headings at opposite sides of the panel. The foot-plate 5 is also provided with supplemental detlectors 10 at the inner portions of the opposite edges 6, which depend over the panel-sill, continuing from the window-sills andconstructed by a longitudinal ledge 1l extending the full length of the car side and having its upper surface inclined downwardly. defieotors are recessed in such a manner as to accommodate and provide a closeY fitting against the said inclined surface of the ledge The said supplemental IOO and also thereby bring the bottom of the entire device in close engaging relation with the ledge. The said supplemental deflectors have the same angular deecting plane as the ledges 3 and operate to throw out the currents of cinder-laden air following closely along the lower side portion of a car under the said ledge and having a rising tendency adjacent open Windows. The cap and foot plates 4 and 5 are also reinforced against bending or breakage by braces 12, secured thereto and the back wall of the recess 2, and in the outer reduced or angular extremities 13 of 'the said plates the opposite ends of a vertical pintle-bar 14 are pivotally mounted, the lower end of said bar projecting below the foot-plate and having one end of an lS- shaped spring-catch 15 secured thereon to turn therewith, the inner reduced portion of the said catch being disposed in the plane of opposite diagonally-arranged notched keepers 16, having inner downwardly-inclined riding edges 17 and outer depending stop projections 18 to guide the catch to the notches of the opposite keepers and to prevent the same from being outturned, and thereby insure a specific turning operation of the pitlebar 14 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

A guard 19 is firmly attached to the pintlebar 14, the latter having a dat or square surface bearing against the guard. The guard is dished and has opposite curved sides 20, and when formed of sheet metal the-said guard will be rigidly reinforced against bending by the force of the air-currents bya marginal Wire binding 2l and also by cross-braces 22. The pintle-bar extends centrally over the dished face of the guard, and the braces 22 are also applied to the same face, so that the opposite deflecting side or face of the guard will be perfectly smooth and unbroken at any point by angular projections or other devices that would have a tendency to retard the movement of the cinders or products of combustion thereover.

Sockets 23 are secured in the center of the panel or panels to which the guard is attached and disposed in vertical alinement at suitable elevations to removably receive hanger-heads 24, attached to the centerof the rear portion of the support or frame and also in corresponding vertical alinement relatively to the sockets. The hanger-heads can be easily inserted in or removed from the sockets by a vertical movement of the entire device in reverse directions, and by the use of this particular type of suspending devices the guard as an entirety will be prevented from having lateral movement, as well as displacing vertical movement, from accidental causes.

In the use of the improved device the dished side or face of the guard Will be arranged toward the rear relatively to the direction of movement of the car and so that the opposite smooth face will bein position to receive the impact of the currents of air laden with cinders and products of combustion, and the said guard will then have an oblique angular direction'or position relatively to the side of the car in a plane at a right-angle to the then forward ledge, and by this complete arrangement the cinder-laden currents of air Will be caused to first ride outwardly over the said ledge and strike the deiiecting face of the guard and slide off over the outer curved side edge of the latter away from the car side and clear of the open Windows in rear of the guard. As many of the guards may be applied to a car side as desired and found necessary, and it will be observed that the improved device can be reversed for use on the same side of a car to similarly operate when the latter is moving` in diderent directions, or it may be applied to either side of a car. The seat or recess 2 permits the guard to be readily turned for'reversing purposes, provides for a close arrangement to the car side, and allows the inner side edge of the guard to be located within the plane of the outermost projection of the ledge on either side to avoid escape or passage between the deIiecting-face of the guard and the wall of the recess of any of the air-currents carrying the cinders or products of combustion. The smooth Wall of the recess also prevents the congregation of cinders or products of combustion thereon, and the spring-catch 15 when in engagement with either one of the keepers 16 will positively maintain the guard against movement when adjusted in either of its positions. To render the device more compact for storage, the spring-catch is released, and the guard can then be arranged across the plates 4t and 5.

The improved device is simple in its construction and possesses all the necessary durable qualifications, and in the manufacture of the same all metal or a selected composition of wood and metal will be used. If metal be used, it will be treated so as to make it noncorrosive and will also be of a light nature.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isi--v 1. In a device of the class set forth, the combination of a support having an outer concave recess with opposite side marginal ledges which are straight and each converged to- Ward the other in an outward direction, upper and lower horizontally-disposed plates of triangular shape projecting outwardly beyond the planes of the ledges and the recess, a vertically-disposed guard pivotally held by the said supporting-plates and reversible to bring the oppositeside edges in alinement with the respective marginal ledges at the opposite sides of the recess and with the side edges of the said plates, the said side edges of the guard being always outside of the contines of the recess, whereby the guard may loe-adjusted to either'one of two angular positions in planes parallel with the opposite side edges of the plates, and means for positively locking the guard in either of its adjusted positions to prevent movement thereof by the air-currents striking the same, the said means being lo- ICO IIO

cated against the under side of the bottom plate so as to have the upper portion of the said plate clear for the operation of the guard.

2. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a support having an outer concave recess With opposite side marginal ledges inclined toward each other, angular cap and foot plates standing outwardly from the support, the foot-plate having a pair of diagonally-disposed keepers on the under side of the same, a pintle-bar pivotally mounted in the said plates, the lower extremity of the bar depending below the foot-plate, a springcatch secured to and movable with the said depending portion of the bar for engagement with the keepers, and a vertically-disposed guard secured to the said bar and having opposite detlecting side edges.

3. In a device of the character set forth, the

combination of a support for application to a car-panel and provided with inward extensions at the opposite sides to embrace the beading or molding at opposite sides of the said panel continuous With side ledges inclined outwardly toward each other and forming margins for an outer concave recess, and a vertically-disposed pivotally-mounted reversible guard located in front of said recess and having opposite deecting side edges movable Within the plane of the recess.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto aftixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE. SAMUEL RITCHIE 'lUGGLE Witnesses:

W. H. NoRRIs, OTTO PAPE. 

